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• Warner Home Video And Universal Studios Eliminate Distributors Of Rental Product.



• Blockbuster Video Begins Selling DirectTV Satellite Packages In Stores.



M.S. Distributing And Sight And Sound Close Their Doors. Ingram Entertainment Acquires Major Video Concepts.



• Hollywood Entertainment Hits The Skids, Closes Reel.com Division.



• "Gladiator" Becomes Top-Selling DVD Of All Time. Installed-Player Base For DVD Expected To Hit 12 Million U.S. Homes.

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  • Blockbuster Rethinks Videogame Strategies
  • In a time when DVD marketing efforts are increasingly being tied into day-and-date videogame releases (Billboard, June 15), such major video rental chains as Dallas-based ......
  • Vid Retailers Still Wary As Divx Plans September Rollout
  • LAS VEGAS‹Just three months after its debut in two test markets, Divx will roll out nationally in September‹with or without the support of home video ......
  • Major Video Assist Rental Company Formed as Videorama Industries Acquires Accurate Image.
  • Business Editors and Entertainment Writers HOLLYWOOD--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--May 29, 2001 Videorama Industries, LLC, a video assist rental and service company for the production industry, today announced ......
  • Warner Drops Rental Distributors
  • The distribution community took another hard hit recently when Warner Home Video announced it will begin shipping rental product direct to ......
  • Broadpoint.
  • [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Broadpoint offers a pamphlet with a section highlighting its satellite-monitoring services. Broadpoint says whether a company has two people offshore one platform ......
  • Best of Show
  • Broadcast Platinum, Gold in TV Campaign, Gold in Single TV Spot ......
  • Faces on the Front Line
  • The rules are stringent. The demands are high. The competition from big box consumer electronics stores grows every year. Yet the loyalty of thousands of ......
  • Svensk, Bvhe Ink Rental Pact
  • Svensk Filmindustri has closed a deal with Buena Vista Home Entertainment to distribute its video rental product in Denmark beginning Aug. 1.
  • Gear
  • Hardwear The Version 2.5 "technology-enabled" jacket features 21 (count 'em) pockets for various electronic devices and the other necessities of modern life. The $129 garment ......
  • Move To Dvd Pushes Vhs Prices Lower
  • As retailers phase out VHS to make room for DVD, studios are enticing sales of their catalog cassettes by quietly lowering wholesale prices to less ......
  • Navd Confab Looks On Bright Side: Event Deals With Company Closures, Warner Going Direct
  • INDIAN WELLS, Calif.-In spite of the closure of two veteran members, the annual gathering of the National Assn. of Video Distributors (NAVD) was surprisingly upbeat.
  • Major Video loses outlet to IberiaBank expansion
  • SOME UPTOWN residents will have to look elsewhere for their horror, drama, action and suspense. Last week, Major Video closed the doors of its location ......
  • Warner Launches Get Dramatic
  • There was a time when major video releases were launched with a fanfare of warm white wine and soggy sausage rolls in a subterranean bar....
  • Conference Call Media Advisory: NBA To Make Major Video Game Announcement.
  • NBA: WHO: Sal LaRocca, Senior Vice President, NBA Global Merchandising Group Greg Lassen, Senior Director, NBA Electronic & Interactive Licensing WHEN: Tuesday, March 22, ......